Game Day: Suns (45-35) @ Lakers (41-39), Fri 4/7/23

[Superbone]

Time: 7:30 pm AZ (7:30 pm PT / 10:30 pm ET)
Place: Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA
TV: BSAZ/NBATV

Two teams with different agendas meet Friday night. The Lakers are desperately trying to avoid the play in tournament while the Suns are locked into the 4th seed. The Suns are coming off a back-to-back where their starters played a lot of minutes. Coach Monty Williams hasn't made his intentions clear for this one as of this writing. The Lakers are a little banged up and James is listed as questionable due to right foot soreness. The same foot injury he returned from recently. AD (right foot stress) is also questionable.

https://www.nba.com/gamenotes/lakers.pdf
https://www.nba.com/gamenotes/suns.pdf

Go Suns!!!

Dis • cuss

[Mori Chu]

Please, please do not play KD tonight.

[wpmiller42]

Please, please do not play KD tonight.

I don't know if I'd go that far. I'd be cool with a quarter or a half. I'd like to see more opportunities for TJ and Bazely to maybe find something resembling a rhythm in case their number gets called in the playoffs.

[Split T]

Please, please do not play KD tonight.

I’m curious why you don’t want him to play? Just to avoid injury?

I think we still need time to figure stuff out. The Lakers will want to win so I’d like to see us play at least the 1st half.

[carey]

I want to destroy the Lakers.

[Kryptonic]

Please, please do not play KD tonight.

I hear ya... Wish we could send him out there with some bubblewrap.

[Split T]

[ShelC]

Good, more time to get some of the reserves right.

[Mori Chu]

Thank goodness.

[Superbone]

We can try to do to the Lakers what Denver tried to do to us.

[Superbone]

[LazarusLong]

Next two games is tryout time for certain bench players.
Bring your "A" game, or bring cushions for end of the bench during the playoffs ...

[Uncle_Gene]

Great. That means more minutes for Shamet, D. Lee, S. Lee, Wainwright, and Landale.

Smart move since Suns are already locked in the 4 seed.

[bajanguy008]

The thing about this is that even if guys come out and play well
What does it really say ?

Everyone in the NBA can play so if you give guys double digit FGAs they probably gonna look decent but our bigger thing is who plays well has chemistry with KD

So still an interesting dynamic cause someone scoring 25 tonight or something still doesn't answer the real question

[Cap]

Crazy stat from the broadcast: “LeBron James hasn’t faced Kevin Durant since 2018. Not even in an All-Star game.”

Can somebody verify that? It’s hard to believe.

[bajanguy008]

Yeah Cap
Been a talking point for a while, KD was asked about it couple days ago

[Mori Chu]

Now THAT's a starting lineup.

[Flagrant Fowl]

The thing about this is that even if guys come out and play well
What does it really say ?

Everyone in the NBA can play so if you give guys double digit FGAs they probably gonna look decent but our bigger thing is who plays well has chemistry with KD

So still an interesting dynamic cause someone scoring 25 tonight or something still doesn't answer the real question

Exactly. These last three games are nothing more than a Spring exhibition.

[Mori Chu]

Biyombo down. Holding his knee. It looks bad. Uh oh.

[ShelC]

Biz down for a while in pain holding his knee. AD was driving on him baseline and it looks like they knocked knees.